You might even guess that McCaughey's quote would say comparative effectiveness "treats health care the way European governments do", and "limit[s] growth and innovation". And you would be right.

But there's one thing you probably wouldn't have guessed: that Connolly would say something like "[comparative effectiveness] is even gaining cache with the public." (So, um, who's hiding what? where? huh?)

Ceci Connolly: when she's done enough violence to the facts, she goes and slaughters the language.